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Birth Tales

Welcome to Birth Tales. Conception, pregnancy, birth and those first hazy postpartum days are a physical and emotional whirlwind. My hope is that by sharing these unique experiences we can support, educate and inspire others on their journeys to becoming parents.

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All Episodes

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057 - Alice | 2 babies, MLU, waterbirth, meconium...

Birth Tales ·

2025/03/20

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Alice about her two births; the first in the birth centre, the second at home. Her eldest daughter Izra, who was born in the pool on the MLU, needed some special care after the birth due to meconium aspiration and Alice shares her experience of having a prolapse soon after the baby arrived. When she fell pregnant again, despite her husband not supporting her choice, she planned to have her second baby at home. This is such a brilliant birth story as Alice ended

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056 - Sophie | 2nd baby, homebirth, physiological...

Birth Tales ·

2024/12/10

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Sophie who was one of the very first guests on the podcast and she is back to share her homebirth experience. After finding out she was pregnant by surprise at her friend’s wedding, Sophie admits she found this pregnancy tougher than her last due to sickness, tiredness and lots of travel for her partner’s work. She hired the same lovely doula who supported her first birth and on the whole felt very confident in her ability to birth her baby considering things

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055 - Rosie | low AMH, low PAPP-A, hospital birth,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/10/17

In today’s episode I’m speaking to Rosie who had her baby girl Poppy 9 months ago. At her 12 week scan blood tests showed low levels of PAPP-A which resulted in multiple extra scans through her pregnancy and conversations starting early around a potential induction. As it turns out, Rosie’s labour began spontaneously shortly before 37 weeks on the day she was supposed to be moving house. When her waters released the move was put on hold and she ended up giving birth at her mum’s local hospital. She

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054 - Rochelle | 2nd baby, homebirth, waterbirth,...

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2024/10/11

In this episode I’m chatting to Rochelle about her second birth which took place just 2 weeks before recording! Her pregnancy differed in so many ways from her last; she suffered with terrible morning sickness for the first 5 months, had the added worry of a subchorionic haematoma and found at 20 weeks that her baby had a ventricular septal defect. Despite all the extra tests and complications, Rochelle was able to go ahead with the homebirth she hoped for and - after what she describes as an

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01:02:55

053 - Katie | maternal mental health, Ehlers-Danlos...

Birth Tales ·

2024/10/03

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Katie, who is back on the podcast to tell her second birth story. She shares how different her pregnancy was this time around from the symptoms she experienced to the support she received, plus the fact her first was heavily affected by covid restrictions. Having suffered with postnatal depression after birthing her first son, Katie was careful to prioritise her mental health. She revisited her hypnobirthing techniques and overall felt confident about giving

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052 - Velika | doula, birth pool, hypnobirthing,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/09/26

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Velika just 10 weeks after giving birth to her son Elio. At the start of her third trimester, having hired a doula and learned about hypnobirthing, Velika opted for a homebirth to guarantee her access to a birth pool. She laboured at home until she was fully dilated, at which time her contractions started to become less frequent. When labour didn’t pick up again despite her best attempts, Velika decided to transfer in to hospital for additional support. An

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45:42

051 - Olivia | endometriosis, adenomyosis, Mira...

Birth Tales ·

2024/09/19

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Olivia who gave birth to her daughter Sienna in the midwife lead unit. Following a diagnosis of endometriosis, adenomyosis and PCOS it took her years to conceive, so she shares all about her conception journey and the things she did to support the process. She had a busy pregnancy; travelling, moving house and working on her business so admits she didn’t think much about the birth until her waters released just before 37 weeks. She laboured on the birth centre

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050 - Rochelle | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, early...

Birth Tales ·

2024/09/05

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Rochelle about the birth of her son, Jude. Despite having had a previous early pregnancy loss, she felt confident and intuitively very positive right from the beginning of her pregnancy. Thanks to minimal symptoms she was able to stay busy with work, but as a result feels she might not have prepared for the birth as much as she would have liked. When her labour began a few days after her due date, Rochelle noticed meconium in her waters so was advised to attend

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049 - Katie | Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, chronic pain,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/08/29

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Katie about the first of her two births. She conceived just before the pandemic hit so her pregnancy and birth were both heavily affected by the restrictions; from the antenatal classes she could attend to how much her partner could be with her during labour. Due to her Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Katie experienced a lot of leg and hip pain, as well as some joint dislocations during her pregnancy so was put on crutches. As she neared the end of her pregnancy, after

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46:51

048 - Chantal | LGA baby, membrane sweep, induction,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/08/22

In today’s episode Chantal reflects on the birth of her little girl just 3 weeks postpartum. In her third trimester it was suspected that her baby was measuring large for gestational age, so Chantal’s care providers were keen to monitor baby’s growth and potentially induce her before her due date. An elective C-section was booked and having accepted a few sweeps to try and get things moving, Chantal’s labour began as she was nearing 39 weeks. After a few days of irregular contractions, she opted

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047 - Chloe | hypnobirthing, doula, MLU, waterbirth,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/08/15

In this episode I’m chatting to Chloe about her son’s water birth. As a hypnotherapist, Chloe was well aware of the mind-body connection and the importance of a good mindset when preparing for birth, so she did lots of reading, took various classes, learned hypnobirthing, hired a doula and practised visualisation and affirmations. Having always assumed she was very sensitive to pain she was convinced she would need an epidural, but her confidence grew the more she learned and her mind was opened to

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55:20

046 - Helena | physiological birth, MLU, GBS...

Birth Tales ·

2024/08/08

In today’s episode I’m speaking to Helena who birthed her daughter Bonnie 9 months ago. Having worked as a TV producer on a birth show Helena was lucky enough to have witnessed a variety of births first hand which helped her to feel prepared in the lead up to her own. She planned to birth her baby at home, but on the day her contractions began she received a message from the homebirth team saying they were taking a few days off due to illness. So she laboured at home for as long as possible and by

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045 - Arron Suzzette | endometriosis, PCOS,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/08/01

Today we’re hearing from Arron Suzzette who was told at 21 she would be unlikely to have children due to having endometriosis and PCOS; amazingly she fell pregnant naturally just as her and her partner were about to start looking into their options. After an early diagnosis of gestational diabetes at 9 weeks pregnant, Arron Suzzette suddenly found both her diet and birth options restricted, so she threw herself into researching both how to manage her blood sugar and her rights regarding her birth

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044 - Anna | MLU, birth pool, gas & air, GBS...

Birth Tales ·

2024/07/25

Today I’m chatting to Anna about her daughter’s birth in the midwife lead unit. Anna grew up hearing her mum speak positively about her own birth experiences so she was excited to throw herself into preparing for her own and she shares about the different courses, books and exercises that helped her through her pregnancy. Anna’s contractions started a few days before her estimated due date and she laboured in the birth centre with the support of her husband, using gas and air and the birth pool to

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043 - Leonora | 4 early losses, reflexology,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/07/04

In this week’s episode we’re hearing from Leonora just 8 weeks after the birth of her daughter. She shares about her conception journey including the difficulty of her 4 early losses and the anxiety that came with her subsequent pregnancy; midway through which Leonora was diagnosed with an incompetent cervix. She underwent a cervical cerclage to prevent her going into preterm labour and was put on bed rest, and then house rest, which she understandably found very isolating. Leonora chose to birth

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042 - Clementine | physiological birth, labour ward,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/06/27

In this episode Clementine shares her experience of birthing her son Wilf. Having always known she wanted to be a mother and growing up hearing her own mum talk very positively about birth, she was super excited to find out she was pregnant. During her pregnancy she did lots of birth prep; reading books, taking antenatal classes, joining a hypnobirthing course and seeing a local physiotherapist. Clementine laboured at home for a while before going in to the hospital where she was disappointed to

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041 - Harriet | ICSI, hyperemisis gravidarum,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/06/20

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Harriet about her experience of conceiving via ICSI, struggling with hyperemesis gravidarum during her pregnancy and how her work as a midwife informed her decision to birth her daughter at home. Having witnessed numerous physiological births prior to her own, she felt confident in her body’s ability to birth her baby and devoted her time to preparing herself holistically and spiritually. Juno was born in the water in the living room and Harriet admits that the

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01:00:52

040 - Lottie | labour ward, positive induction,...

Birth Tales ·

2024/06/13

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Lottie about the birth of her little boy. She was lucky enough to feel physically well during her pregnancy, but emotionally found it quite overwhelming. Her and her husband took an antenatal course in preparation for the birth which they found really useful for learning about all their options, so when she was offered an induction at 41 weeks Lottie felt confident and well informed in accepting. Her induction was on the whole a very positive experience and her

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01:07:09

039 - Lottie | luteal phase defect, subchorionic...

Birth Tales ·

2024/06/06

In today’s episode I’m speaking to Lottie about her daughter Scarlet’s birth. Her and her husband were living in Mexico City when they conceived and her pregnancy came with plenty of anxiety - from a subchorionic haematoma in the first trimester to her daughter’s diagnosis of hydronephrosis at the anomaly scan - and she shares how difficult it was dealing with all these extra worries without the support of friends and family nearby. At 34 weeks a scan showed her daughter’s foramen ovale valve was

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038 - Rachel | third baby, congenital hepatic...

Birth Tales ·

2024/05/30

In today’s episode we’re hearing from Rachel about her third birth. Her 2 eldest children were born via emergency c-section and a forceps assisted delivery - experiences which Rachel found traumatic - and she knew she wanted to feel more present and involved in any subsequent births. Before conceiving her third baby, Rachel was diagnosed with congenital hepatic fibrosis; a rare condition affecting the liver which can have problematic implications for birth, so she knew before becoming pregnant that

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